Biology/Chemistry
This organelle is responsible for ATP production in the cell, and is commonly referred to as the “powerhouse.”
What is the mitochondria?
This antibiotic was the first to be discovered in 1928 by Alexander Fleming.
What is penicillin?
This autoimmune condition causes patchy depigmentation of the skin.
What is vitiligo?
This fluid is made in the liver and stored in the gallbladder to help digest lipids.
What is bile?
This long-running medical drama follows Dr. Meredith Grey and her colleagues at Seattle Grace Hospital.
What is Grey's Anatomy?
This type of chemical bond involves the sharing of electrons.
What is a covalent bond?
This oath outlines the responsibilities and principles a physician must uphold.
What is the hippocratic Oath?
Chest pain that radiates to the left arm or jaw is a common symptom of this emergency condition.
What is a heart attack (myocardial infarction)?
This tough, fibrous tissue connects muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
This hospital series follows a sarcastic, limping doctor solving medical puzzles with his diagnostic team.
What is House, MD?
This term describes an enzyme without its necessary cofactor.
What is an apoenzyme?
The first vaccine, developed by Edward Jenner in 1796, treated this infection.
What is smallpox?
Sudden weakness on one side of the body, facial droop, and slurred speech suggest this condition.
What is a stroke?
This organ’s function is to remove wastes and extra fluid from the body.
What is the kidney?
This show features a surgeon with autism and savant syndrome navigating hospital life at San Jose St. Bonaventure.
What is The Good Doctor?
The Bohr effect describes how this variable affects hemoglobin’s oxygen affinity.
What is pH or CO2 concentration?
This 19th-century scientist developed the germ theory of disease.
Who was Louis Pasteur?
This hormone is deficient in Type 1 diabetes
What is insulin?
This bone is categorized as a flat bone.
What is the sternum?
This series critiques the business of medicine, following Dr. Conrad Hawkins as he fights for patients in a for-profit hospital.
What is The Resident?
The Henderson-Hasselbach equation relates pH to this ratio.
What is the conjugate base to a weak acid?
Nirmatrelvir and ritonavir are the two drugs combined in what oral antiviral medication from Pfizer that has been approved by the FDA for emergency use to treat COVID-19 infections since December 2021?
What is Paxlovid?
A 10-year-old presents with severe pain in the arms and legs, triggered by cold exposure. A blood smear shows crescent-shaped red blood cells.
What is sickle cell disease?
This structure has the nerve reflectors for sound.
What is the cochlea?
In this comedic take on medical training, J.D. daydreams his way through residency at Sacred Heart Hospital
What is Scrubs?